Terminology

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A big bad list of common terminology and slang commonly used by resident Spacemen (players).

Braindead

Refers to a player who has logged off or been disconnected. Examining a braindead character reveals the message; "They have a blank, absent-minded stare and appears completely unresponsive to anything. They may snap out of it soon."

While these players are not in-game, they should generally be left alone (or preferably dragged somewhere safe) The rules still apply to braindead characters.

NOTE: This person can still come back to the game! Who knows, maybe their computer just crashed for a minute.

The big green glass things in Medbay. Putting dying people in here can save them.

Cuban Pete

They call me Cuban Pete, I'm the king of the rhumba beat.

When I play my maracas I go

Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom

A notorious griefer who applied the bomb-making knowledge of a mysterious first scientist mentor who had invented ludicrous sized bombs. The station was turned into nearly dust every round he was on, antagonist or not. Because of him there was a bombcap hardcoded into the game.

Fore

Refers to a command you can type when you have died to become a ghost, and to the actual ghosts themselves.

Ghosts can speak on deadchat, move around the station freely, see everything, and can't interact with anything meaningful.

They are used to observe the game after you have died. Cannot be seen directly by living players unless something is very wrong.

Gibs

The bloody, torn apart remnants of a former living being. Created by people and monkeys exploding. A cyborg that blows up has its own version of gibs: robot debris.

To gib something is to turn it into gibs, usually by a bomb or the Chef's machine that turns people into meat, the Gibber.

Gimmick

Can refer to a player gimmick or a gimmick round. Basically a round or player which plays with a certain "theme".

Can be amusing once or twice but doing this regularly runs it into the ground very quickly.

Goofball

Refers to the Tesla Engine and specifically its energy balls, named for its coder.

Grayshirt/Grays

Assistants, named after their signature gray uniform. Not to be confused with ayyliens. AKA grayshits. AKA,

Graytide

Originated from a bug in the job selection system, causing the majority of the crew to be roundstart Assistants, dressed in gray. This resulted in swarms of Assistants storming the Brig and antagonize security. Now the word refers to any griefy behavior of that bent.

Hulk

Used to refer to the superpower or a person in possession of it. People with the Hulk gene turn green and become super strong, being able to punch through walls, windows, and other fixtures. Hurts like hell if one hits you. Hulks are an exception to some killing rules (see the Rules for details)

Husk

A corpse which has turned into a gray, ugly... mummified thing.

This has either happened by extreme heat (fire), extreme cold (space) or liquid suckification (changeling sucked their juices/DNA out). Not a nice thing to witness at first, but you get used to it.

Hypo

IC

The act of describing anything happening in the game over the OOC channel. The rule of thumb is if a person not involved in the incident or not observing the game can still tell what's going on, it's IC in OOC. Usually comes with a chastising and a thousand mini-mods squawking out "ICKY OCKY!!!" but excessive use results in a ban. (See the OOC page for details)

Lag/Space Lag/Spacetime Distortions

Concept common to almost all online gaming. Not worth explaining in depth here - basically it's the server (server-side lag) or your own computer (client-side lag) being slow and causing gaps between you doing stuff and it actually happening to grow. Sometimes referred as 'time warp' or something similar when players are in character.

Lathe

Rules which the AI and Cyborgs must follow. Are somewhat open to interpretation by the player, but the majority consensus and badmin rulings are what really count. May be modified or changed at an AI Upload Terminal using various modules, wiped back to the basic three using the Reset Module, or purged entirely with the Purge Module. Note that core modules cannot be removed by the standard reset module.

Nar-Sie/Nar-Nar

Notes

A command which displays "Notes" kept in your character's memory, which you add with the "Add-Note" command. Some notes are automatically added depending on the circumstances, such as revolutionaries having the list of rev members memorized, Syndicate leaders having the nuclear bomb code memorized, or the time of your death. Also refers to the top secret notes admins keep on players, usually if they get banned.

Normally refers to the headset on your head which can be used with the command 'say ";help that faggot traitor is griefing me"', for example. Can also refer to station bounced radios and intercoms. Shows up as green text with a symbol and frequency appended to it. Additional department-specific radios also exsist. To use the equipped department radio's default department frequency use 'say ".h Hello Department!"'. (See Radio for details or how to use the radio when it has multiple department frequencies available)

Most of the time refers to the Emergency Escape Shuttle which shows up at the end of the round in the northwest of the station. Can also refer to the Arrival Shuttle (where you start if you join late), the syndicate or wizard shuttle (which you'll rarely see, if ever), the Supply Shuttle (which brings items to the Cargo Bay), or the mining and prison shuttles (which move people between the mining and prison stations, respectively).

Silicon

The gravitational singularity, what is essentially a black hole that emits radiation, this radiation is converted to power. It should be contained with a shield, if it isn't, don't stop to take in the view, get those legs moving.

Starboard

Can refer to the organization known as the Syndicate, a coalition of companies that execs their hate of Nanotrasen, according to the backstory, or to raid groups and operatives of said coalition. Traitors, traitor Cyborgs and traitor AIs are Syndicate affiliates and Nuclear mode's premise revolves around a direct Syndicate attack. Ingame, they have randomized company names that usually look something like "GeoDyne West Operative #2" or "Waffle Co. Czar" and there are usually at least two of them and up to six. They also have access to a lot of special syndicate gear.

Tabling

The act of grabbing someone then clicking a table to instantly knock them down on it, usually followed by a toolbox in the skull or being stripped.

TraitorChan

Valid/Validhunting

Adjective: Someone whom it is allowed under the Rules to kill, usually on grounds of being a loud traitor. Verb: The act of killing or deliberately seeking out said kill. An inherently controversial subject.

Voice in Your Head

A subtle, in-character message from an admin.

Vote

A command which lets you call a vote to restart the game or change the game mode (which will restart the game anyway), or a request by other players indicating that the command should be typed. Calling votes when an unruined game is in progress for any reason is looked down upon, but it's not like votes work when the game really is ruined either. All votes are liable to being canceled by admins.

VOX

The audio announcement system that the AI will use to curse at send messages to the crew.

WGW

The legendary tale of Woody's Got Wood. The book obtained from the library. This vile tome is highly forbidden, and someone will eventually print it to spam over the radio any chance they get. Doing so will usually result in a station-wide manhunt, or the admin spawning a Space Carp named "Video Games" outside your hidey hole.

A black swirly portal that shows up during the Space-Time Anomaly random event or the verb used when thrown through a wormhole by an aggressor or your own stupidity. Anything coming into contact with a wormhole will be teleported to a random area on or off the station. They can be fairly dangerous or cause temporary blockades. Not to be confused with portals made from the Handheld Teleporter, which are blue or (more rarely) orange.

Usually refers to the Wizard game mode, or a Wizard player who has access to a number of spells and will probably wreck your shit on sight or die in the first 12 seconds of a Wizard game.

Z-Level

Another area/map which the game consists of. Gameplay-wise, it's just a level.

Z-levels are areas you randomly spawn into when you go over the edge of an area. Part of BYOND's functionality. For example, the station, DJ station, Central Command and the Derelict are all on different Z-levels. Going off the edge of one Z-Level will take you to another.